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@title=THE RIVER WAR
^(March 1896 - January 1899)
^   "In those distant days the world was tranquil and our country relatively rich and powerful. In spite
^of the wishes of many statesmen of both political parties, England was drawn into Egypt. After the
^Bombardment of Alexandria in 1881, we became to all intents and purposes the paramount power.
^    It was at this moment that the Rebellion of the Mahdi plunged the vast, remote provinces of the
^Soudan into bloodshed and confusion. Mr Gladstone's Government viewed with horror being involved
^in the Soudan. They unhesitatingly resolved to relinquish the Soudan to barbarism. General Gordon was
^sent to Khartoum to wind up affairs and bring away the surviving soldiers and Egyptian colonists.
^    He was soon 'hemmed in', and the long blockade began. The relievers arrived before Khartoum two
^days too late. The city was already in the hands of the Dervish mob. Gordon and nearly all the people
^he would not desert had been massacred. The evacuation of the Soudan was thus complete.
^    However, the story had sunk deeply into British hearts. After the overthrow of Mr Gladstone in
^1886, the British Government set about the recovery of the ruined territory. At the head of the
^Egyptian Army stood Kitchener, a British officer of exceptional capacity and growing repute.
^    More than ten years after the sack of Khartoum, the first advance into the Dongola Province began,
^and two years later, in 1898, the armies of the savage Dervish empire were shattered and largely
^destroyed in the Battle of Omdurman."
^                                                                                   - Sir Winston Churchill, 1933
^PLAY ONLY AS BRITISH !!!!
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